Comments on: Ditching Plaxo http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Brett Jackson http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-65002 Brett Jackson Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:27:31 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-65002 I too had my GCal filled to the brim with duplicates by Plaxo and told that I could fix it their error by upgrading to $50 premium. What kind of recourse does a user have to this kind of extortion? I too had my GCal filled to the brim with duplicates by Plaxo and told that I could fix it their error by upgrading to $50 premium.

What kind of recourse does a user have to this kind of extortion?

]]> By: Aurelie L. http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-64782 Aurelie L. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:04:48 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-64782 If you are still searching for an alternative for Plaxo, you might want to check out UNYK.com. It is a great, reliable, user-friendly online address book with a clean interface. Check out our blog for more information or to leave us your comments. Thanks! Aurelie L. UNYK.com, Communications Specialist If you are still searching for an alternative for Plaxo, you might want to check out UNYK.com. It is a great, reliable, user-friendly online address book with a clean interface.

Check out our blog for more information or to leave us your comments.

Thanks!
Aurelie L.
UNYK.com, Communications Specialist

]]> By: Lawrence Walker http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-63637 Lawrence Walker Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:45:01 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-63637 I am also experiencing data loss with Plaxo. And I *am* a premium customer, dues-paying and all. I used the de-duper and their cross-sync with Hotmail, Yahoo! and Gmail, in addition to the syncing I was already doing with Outlook and Palm. Plaxo deleted a large number of street addresses, including those of my brother and my best friend. Previously, I was able to restore lost data by going into the "history" function of the data record, but now I find there is no history any more in the "history." And I'm getting replies to my support and customer service messages to the effect that they do not eliminate data without my permission, so I must have deleted it myself. (From all those platforms? Consciously and deliberately? I don't think so...) I don't care at this point whether there is an alternative to Plaxo or not, because lost data are lost data. At this point a paper address book would have been far preferable! I am also experiencing data loss with Plaxo. And I *am* a premium customer, dues-paying and all. I used the de-duper and their cross-sync with Hotmail, Yahoo! and Gmail, in addition to the syncing I was already doing with Outlook and Palm. Plaxo deleted a large number of street addresses, including those of my brother and my best friend. Previously, I was able to restore lost data by going into the “history” function of the data record, but now I find there is no history any more in the “history.” And I’m getting replies to my support and customer service messages to the effect that they do not eliminate data without my permission, so I must have deleted it myself. (From all those platforms? Consciously and deliberately? I don’t think so…) I don’t care at this point whether there is an alternative to Plaxo or not, because lost data are lost data. At this point a paper address book would have been far preferable!

]]> By: Will http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-59911 Will Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:34:47 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-59911 I am looking for a Plaxo replacement too. Not only is the synching unreliable, but since the Plaxo 3.0 upgrade the basic elements are not working. I changed someone's email address and it too 45 seconds to save. I am looking for a Plaxo replacement too. Not only is the synching unreliable, but since the Plaxo 3.0 upgrade the basic elements are not working. I changed someone’s email address and it too 45 seconds to save.

]]> By: Vivienne http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-55480 Vivienne Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:13:23 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-55480 Seriously, has anyone found a Plaxo replacement? This is the third time they have deleted my data and I am dumping them.... Seriously, has anyone found a Plaxo replacement? This is the third time they have deleted my data and I am dumping them….

]]> By: Elaine Vigneault http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-54785 Elaine Vigneault Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:00:32 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-54785 I've had the same problem with Plaxo. But I haven't ditched it yet. I've just stopped using it regularly. Guess I should get rid of it. I hate the duplicates and I've lost data too. I’ve had the same problem with Plaxo. But I haven’t ditched it yet. I’ve just stopped using it regularly. Guess I should get rid of it. I hate the duplicates and I’ve lost data too.

]]> By: Laundro http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-54755 Laundro Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:24:34 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-54755 Did you ever find a replacement for Plaxo? Did you ever find a replacement for Plaxo?

]]> By: Jonathan http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-54727 Jonathan Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:05:18 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/02/27/ditching-plaxo#comment-54727 Been there, and I also ditched Plaxo. I had several duplicates in Plaxo (but not in Apple's Address Book). I didn't want to pay for the premium account, so I started to manually delete duplicates in Plaxo. I'm glad I didn't finish because, when I synchronized, Plaxo deleted data from Address Book. It deleted John Doe from Address Book, even though there was just one John Doe in Address Book and one remaining John Doe in Plaxo. While investigating I came across the following support page (below). Losing data is *very bad*, especially when it's not obvious that it's about to happen. So I ditched Plaxo. I don't trust them with my data. When using Plaxo to synchronize your data, it is imperative that each of the above referenced label/field combos are used at most once. Otherwise, through the normal operation of keeping your data in sync it is very likely that you would lose data on the fields where a label was used more than once. Been there, and I also ditched Plaxo. I had several duplicates in Plaxo (but not in Apple’s Address Book). I didn’t want to pay for the premium account, so I started to manually delete duplicates in Plaxo. I’m glad I didn’t finish because, when I synchronized, Plaxo deleted data from Address Book. It deleted John Doe from Address Book, even though there was just one John Doe in Address Book and one remaining John Doe in Plaxo.

While investigating I came across the following support page (below). Losing data is *very bad*, especially when it’s not obvious that it’s about to happen. So I ditched Plaxo. I don’t trust them with my data.

When using Plaxo to synchronize your data, it is imperative that each of the above referenced label/field combos are used at most once. Otherwise, through the normal operation of keeping your data in sync it is very likely that you would lose data on the fields where a label was used more than once.

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